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First of, I’m not entirely sure they are the same to be honest, sometimes I see discuss.site-a.com while others it’s discourse.site-b.com?...

What are active users seen in pages like fedidb.org? What constitutes an active user - login, upvote, comment, post? Thanks!

I am from Eastern Europe and this is the hottest summer on my memory. For at least 3 consecutive years the heat is breaking all records....

If the instance I started my community on shuts down, then the whole community is gone. Is there anything I can do as a mod to prepare for this so I can transfer everything onto a new instance? Or is everything lost if my instance shuts down?

I have an online friend from the other side of the globe. We met in chess.com. But I’d like to try a different game this time. We are not console gamers, but have smartphones. Are there any online games we can try for free that can be played real-time? Looking for something light and can be played in the phone browser.

I found it when searching for some old stuff, does anyone else other than me remember this ?

Help me, help me make it go.

I see a very small minority of people using Kbin, but I don’t understand why....

How can I access Kbin communities(magazines) and posts from Lemmy? Do I need a separate Kbin account to post in Kbin or can I post in Kbin by using my Lemmy account?

Is there any Android app for Kbin ?

So, as any self-respecting datahoarder and selfhoster, I have my server rack populated with a few machines, churning along as they tend to my hobby-related projects. Now that I’ve started using Lemmy I’m toying with the idea of selfhosting an instance, as I have both the hardware, bandwidth, and skillset for it....

What’s your prefer two-factor authentication app for iOS?...

Hey people! I have just started using Lemmy and have have got a basic feel for how it works ok. The one thing that confuses me is the navigation using the exclamation mark, like ‘!linux’...

I have a tub of Vaseline and have hardly scratched the surface. I’m curious whether anyone uses it for anything other than their lips.

I just learned the mind palace technique to memorize stuff and wanna put it to use.

What are some conventions (in the likes of ComicCon) for techies/nerds, computer/data folks? Maybe one that occurs in many cities, like ComicCon...

I remember when 1Password still supported local encrypted vaults that I could sync with my cloud provider of choice....

Do you think that the person must be...

I mostly just looked at memes on Reddit so my opinion of Reddit is just memes. But I know a lot of people have had terrible experiences on Reddit, please share and vent them if you do

Default image size near post in global feed is annoyingly small, until you click on it. And sometimes if you do, you got send to another site, cause that was not a preview of picture, but preview of a site instead. It’s annoying, is there a simple way to change default behavior?

An extreme version of this is: What should the German health service do if someone says they are willing to donate a kidney as long as it doesn’t go to a Jew?...

Hello, I want to setup a VPN to dial up my home. I’m having trobules with my WRT3200ACM, and other firmwares aren’t working fine for me due to the oddities of this particular router....

Power mods are one of the main problems with reddit. The same thing is already happening with Lemmy....

I miss Fuddruckers and doubt anything will ever fill that hole in my heart.

I’m going from Hong Kong to Iceland next month. I’ve read that everything there, including food, are quite expensive. So my wife and I have been researching on how to prepare meal or snack that we can eat during the day instead of going to restaurant....